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The Jesuits in Florida

RIBADENEYRA, Pierre de.
La vie du pere Francois de Borja, qui fut duc de Gandia, et depuis religieux, et troisiesme General de la Compagnie de Jesus.

With woodcut vignette on title.

With woodcut vignette on title.

With woodcut vignette on title.



Douai, Baltazar Bellère, 1603. 8vo. Contemporary vellum, traces of ties. With woodcut vignette on title. (24), 480 pp.

Second edition of the French translation of the biography of Saint Francis of Borgia, Spanish Roman Catholic reformer, third general of the Jesuits, written by the famous Spanish jesuit Pedro Ribadeneyra (1527-1611). The translation, first published by the same printer in 1596, was made by Michel d'Esne de Bétencourt, one of the pages of King Philip II of Spain. There is one chapter L'entrée de la Compagnie aux Indes Occidentales, & la mort de neuf de nostres en la Florides, followed by Les nostres s'en vont au Péru et à la nouvelle espagne. From pp. 299-312 is Les hérétiques mirent à mort mort 39 de la Compagnie qui alloient au Brésil.
Ribadeneyra was personally acquainted with Francis of Borgia, as well as he was acquained with Ignacius of Loyola, and father Lainez, all of them famous jesuit leaders. Borgia was a member of the famous Borgia family, great-grandson of Pope Alexander VI, and cousin to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Borgia was the talk of Spain, since he had given up on his own duchy to become a jesuit after the death of his wife. His preaching always made a deep impression, and many young people from the elite were encouraged by his services, to join the order. In 1565 he succeeded Lainez as master-general of the order.

Good copy from the Library of the convent of the Carmelite friars of Rouen, shelf-mark K23.- (Loosening in spine, quire P loose).
De Backer-Sommervogel VI, 1734; Bibl. Belg. R22; not in Sabin or Borba de Moraes.

Related Subjects: America, North  Biography  Cartography  Jesuits  Religion  West Indies 

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